Sydney’s two highest-ranked universities will put aside their competitiveness and “bickering” to build more of a collaborative relationship, new vice-chancellor and president of Sydney university Professor Mark Scott said.  For decades now, the University of Sydney and UNSW Sydney have ...

A group of University of Sydney engineering students studying remotely in India will soon meet each other in person on a trip along India’s picturesque south-east coast. The group of six, who have been studying online from their homes for ...

People who buck COVID-19 restrictions tend to be less intellectual, more extroverted and male. Many nations who have endured extended periods of pandemic lockdowns have also seen a section of the community purposefully break restrictions, notably in the UK and ...

Former ABC managing director and NSW education secretary Mark Scott has encountered a wave of criticism since being appointed the University of Sydney’s latest vice-chancellor. But, according to a recent article in the Australian Financial Review, he remains aloof to ...

University of Sydney staff could receive six weeks off annually for gender transition leave if its academic union can get the case across the line. The new entitlement would mean that university staff seeking gender transition or affirmation leave could ...

Preliminary findings from a University of Sydney study have found that work from home policies have had the greatest impact on transport use in Australia in 70 years.  Researchers concluded that such policies could save employees on average two hours ...

Mark Scott has signed on the dotted line to become the next vice-chancellor of the University of Sydney. The secretary of the NSW Department of Education will take up the mantle in July. Former vice-chancellor Michael Spence wrapped up his ...

University of Sydney academics have launched a campaign against their employer’s decision to cut jobs in medical science fields. The cohort believes USyd is making almost two dozen of its medical science academics redundant “under false pretences”. The Defend Medical ...

A joint report prepared by casual lecturers at the University of Sydney has concluded that some university courses are only continuing because staff are not being paid their full hours. In what the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is now ...

The University of Sydney (USYD) will review an article that appeared in its student newspaper Honi Soit following a backlash from the Hindu community. The article, titled ‘How a Nation of Mystics, Occultists, and Yogis became “Hindus”’, has been labelled ...